{{Short description|Malian-French footballer (born 1999)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Modibo Sagnan | image = Sagnan asse mhsc 2425.png | caption = Sagnan in 2024 | fullname = Modibo Sagnan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|4|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Saint-Denis, France | height = 1.87 m<ref name="Lequipe">{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur65795.html |title=Modibo Sagnan |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=14 February 2026 |language=fr}}</ref> | position = Centre back | currentclub = Çaykur Rizespor (on loan from Montpellier) | clubnumber = 27 | youthyears1 = 2009–2012 | youthclubs1 = CS Villetaneuse | youthyears2 = 2012–2017 | youthclubs2 = Lens | years1 = 2017–2019 | clubs1 = Lens II | caps1 = 24 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2018–2019 | clubs2 = Lens | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2019–2023 | clubs3 = Real Sociedad | caps3 = 16 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2019 | clubs4 = → Lens (loan) | caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2020 | clubs5 = → Mirandés (loan) | caps5 = 13 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2021–2022 | clubs6 = → Tondela (loan) | caps6 = 27 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2022–2023 | clubs7 = → Utrecht (loan) | caps7 = 25 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2023–2024 | clubs8 = Utrecht | caps8 = 13 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 2024– | clubs9 = Montpellier | caps9 = 40 | goals9 = 4 | years10= 2025– | clubs10= → Çaykur Rizespor (loan) | caps10= 10 | goals10= 1 | nationalyears1 = 2021 | nationalteam1 = France Olympic | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2024– | nationalteam2 = Mali | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | club-update = 25 May 2025 | nationalteam-update = 11 June 2024 }} '''Modibo Sagnan''' (born 14 April 1999) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Turkish Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor on loan from Montpellier. Born in France, he represented his country of birth's France Olympic football team before switching his allegiance to the Mali national football team.
==Early life== Modibo Sagnan<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce4/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: France (FRA) |publisher=FIFA |page=6 |date=22 July 2021 |access-date=28 August 2021}}</ref> was born on 14 April 1999 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis in France.<ref name="Lequipe"/>
==Club career== ===Lens=== A youth product of Lens, Sagnan signed his first professional contract with them on 28 July 2017, tying him down to the club for three years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rclens.fr/infos_2017/07/28_sagnan_contrat/index.php#ancreContenu|title=Premier contrat pro pour Modibo Sagnan !|website=www.rclens.fr|access-date=31 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131081047/http://www.rclens.fr/infos_2017/07/28_sagnan_contrat/index.php#ancreContenu|archive-date=31 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sagnan made his professional debut for Lens in a 1–0 Ligue 2 loss to Sochaux on 30 January 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuille_match/83781|title=LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2017/2018 - 21ème journée - RC Lens / FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|website=www.lfp.fr}}</ref>
===Real Sociedad=== On 30 January 2019, Sagnan joined La Liga side Real Sociedad for an estimated fee of €5 million, and was immediately loaned back to Lens for the remainder of the season.<ref name="Modibo Sagnan">{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Modibo-sagnan-lens-part-a-la-real-sociedad/983307|title=Modibo Sagnan (Lens) part à la Real Sociedad|publisher=L'Équipe|date=30 January 2019|accessdate=30 January 2019}}</ref> The following 31 January, after failing to make a first team appearance, he was loaned to Segunda División side Mirandés until June.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.realsociedad.eus/en/news/details/loan-agreement-with-cd-mirandes|title=Loan agreement with CD Mirandés|publisher=Real Sociedad|date=31 January 2020|accessdate=4 February 2020}}</ref>
Sagnan made his debut for the ''Txuri-urdin'' on 3 October 2020, replacing Andoni Gorosabel in a 3–0 home win over Getafe CF. On 31 August of the following year, after featuring sparingly, he moved to Portuguese Primeira Liga side Tondela on a one-year loan deal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.realsociedad.eus/es/noticias/detalle/acuerdo-para-su-cesion-al-cd-tondela|title=Acuerdo para su cesión al CD Tondela|trans-title=Agreement for his loan to CD Tondela|publisher=rReal Sociedad|language=es|date=31 August 2021|accessdate=31 August 2021}}</ref>
===Utrecht=== On 11 July 2022, Sagnan was loaned to Utrecht in the Netherlands, with an option to buy.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Utrecht|url=https://www.fcutrecht.nl/nieuws/2022/juli/franse-aanwinst-fc-utrecht-huurt-modibo-sagnan/|title=Franse aanwinst: FC Utrecht huurt Modibo Sagnan|date=11 July 2022|access-date=20 July 2022|language=nl}}</ref> On 2 June 2023, he signed a permanent three-year contract with the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcutrecht.nl/nieuws/2023/juni/fc-utrecht-licht-optie-modibo-sagnan-blijft-in-domstad|title=FC Utrecht licht optie: Modibo Sagnan blijft in Domstad|trans-title=FC Utrecht exercise option: Modibo Sagnan stays in Domstad|publisher=FC Utrecht|language=nl|date=2 June 2023|accessdate=2 July 2023}}</ref>
===Montpellier=== On 1 February 2024, Sagnan signed for Ligue 1 club Montpellier.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mhscfoot.com/articles/2023-2024/equipe-pro/modibo-sagnan-nouveau-defenseur-du-mhsc|trans-title=Modibo Sagnan, new defender of the MHSC|title=Modibo Sagnan, nouveau défenseur du MHSC|language=French|website=www.mhscfoot.com|date=1 February 2024|accessdate=1 February 2024}}</ref>
==== Loan to Çaykur Rizespor ==== On 2 August 2025, Sagnan signed for Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor on loan with an option to buy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 August 2025 |title=Modibo Sagnan rejoint Rizespor (Turquie) |url=https://mhscfoot.com/depeches/modibo-sagnan-rejoint-rizespor-turquie/ |access-date=7 August 2025 |website=MHSC Foot |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
==International career== Sagnan made his debut for the senior Mali national team on 26 March 2024 in a friendly against Nigeria.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/match/_/gameId/700492/nigeria-mali|title=Mali v Nigeria game report|date=26 March 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== Sagnan was born in France to a Burkinabé and Mauritanian father and a Malian mother.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Demba |first=Varore |date=24 April 2024 |title=Montpellier-Modibo Sagnan : «Depuis tout petit, j'ai baigné dans la culture malienne» - Football |url=https://sportnewsafrica.com/news-football/montpellier-modibo-sagnan-depuis-tout-petit-jai-baigne-dans-la-culture-malienne/ |access-date=7 August 2025 |website=Sport News Africa |language=fr-FR}}</ref> He was raised a Muslim.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rclens.fr/fr/news/point-par-point-modibo-sagnan-portrait-decouverte-rclens-20190429|title=Modibo Sagnan|date=29 April 2019|website=www.rclens.fr}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 17 May 2025}}<ref>{{Soccerway|modibo-sagnan/478644|access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Lens |2017–18 |Ligue 2 |3||0||2||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||5||0 |- |2018–19 |Ligue 2 |10||0||2||0||1 |1|| colspan="2" |—||13||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !13!!0!!4!!0!!1!!1!!0!!0!!18!!1 |- |rowspan="3"|Real Sociedad |2019–20 |La Liga |0||0||1||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||1||0 |- |2020–21 |La Liga |16||0||1||0|| colspan="2" |—||4{{efn|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League}}||0||21||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !16!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!4!!0!!22!!0 |- |Lens (loan) |2018–19 |Ligue 2 |1||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||1||0 |- |Mirandés (loan) |2019–20 |Segunda División |13||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||13||0 |- |Tondela |2021–22 |Primeira Liga |27||1||3||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||30||1 |- |rowspan="3"|Utrecht |2022–23 |Eredivisie |25||1||3||0|| colspan="2" |—||0||0||28||1 |- |2023–24 |Eredivisie |13||1||1||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||14||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !38!!2!!4!!0!! colspan="2" |—!!0!!0!!42!!2 |- |rowspan="3"|Montpellier |2023–24 |Ligue 1 |13||2||1||1|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||14||3 |- |2024–25 |Ligue 1 |27||2||0||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||27||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !40!!4!!1!!1!! colspan="2" |—!! colspan="2" |—!!41!!5 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !148!!7!!14!!1!!1!!1!!4!!0!!167!!9 |}
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===International=== {{Updated|matches played on 11 June 2024}}{{citation needed|date=February 2026}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="1"|Mali |2024||3||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!3!!0 |}
==Honours== '''Real Sociedad''' * Copa del Rey: 2019–20<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 April 2021|title=Athletic Club 0–1 Real Sociedad: result, summary, goal|url=https://en.as.com/en/2021/04/03/football/1617473340_092105.html|access-date=3 April 2021|website=AS.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Lowe|first=Sid|date=3 April 2021|title=Real Sociedad beat Athletic to claim Copa del Rey and Basque glory|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/apr/03/athletic-bilbao-real-sociedad-copa-del-rey-2020-final-match-report|access-date=3 April 2021|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} * {{FFF player}}
{{Çaykur Rizespor squad}} {{France men's football squad 2020 Summer Olympics}}
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